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The surveillance state has run amok. Technology that's enabled us to send selfies 24/7 - not that valuable - has also enabled us to be spied upon us 24/7.
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Alexis Ohanian
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: April 24
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I want to be in an industry where the upstarts can grow and displace the incumbents, because that's why there's so much innovation.
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The first version of everything is janky.
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Every founder has to delude themselves into thinking, Yes, it's going to be big. It's going to take over the world.
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I like sarcasm. I like snark.
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It's a lot easier to convince uninformed people than it is to convince politicians.
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I actually haven't even found a curriculum in America that is really preparing people for this 21st century world.
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